The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-11-26


W5fk now confined to one shaft
which is noa{ down about thirty-five feet
and well timf bred The shaft is on the
edge Of the sw imp and near the foot wall
ON the south- ast, which Is black states.
The shaft will pbe put down to depth OF
City feet when a cross-cut will be driven
through the swamp towards the jasper on
thenorth-west, which forms the hanging
wall. A greater part Of thematerial now
being raised is iron ore OF a very fine
grade, the only perceptible detrimental
substance being now and then slight
mixture Of green rock and an occasional
bunch OF quartz, but OF course the clean
ore is not looked for in the depth the
work has been carried and In all prob
abilities when the shaft is lowered to the
point where prosecuting is TO be com
menced the ore will be clean and free
from any diminutive substances. Taken
as whole the prospects OF this property
are the most flattering and the members
Of the company, who are young in the
business, need have no fear; their money
has been well spent and they will realize
handsomely from the out lay. Capt.
r. Raher, in charge. Is OF the opinion
that the body OF ore il very large one,
and one that can be easily wrought. It
was through Mr.. Raher's knowledge OF
exploring that the Great Western mine
was found and he says that the indica-
tons here are about the same as those
at the Great Western. The formation
Of the Volunteer body IL the same AZ at
the Dunn mine, and it would not be sur
prising il body OF ore as large as the
Dunn WIS opened up. The owners OF the
Volunteer are all residents OF Oshkosh
and ms this il their first venture in delv-
ing in the bowels Of the earth for hidden
treasures, they are to be congratulated
on their great success.
The following interesting mining items
from the other end OF Iron county are
clipped from the FosterC City column Of the
Menominee Democrat: flames MCCLELLAN,
who has been exploring north OF Metro
politan, has sunk y shaft to the depth Of
one hundred and ten feet. The indica-
tons ire good for ore.-Tom. Phillips
and others are exploring for ore west OF
the Metropolitan but with what result
we are unable TO say. IL looks as il the
Iselch Mountain range was just waking
up, and the mining kings are coming in
to investigate and see what there is in it,
The Sturgeon River Mining Co., will
sink two shafts this coming winter mt
their mine at Metropolitan. The out
look for the ore is good, and the com
pany expect TO ship heavy as soon as
navigation opens in the spring, although
the taking out OF ore win not be carried
ON To any very great extent until spring.
The Hancock Mining Co.'S boilerhouse
burned down last week, and the mine
again filled up with water TO about one
hundred feet. One pump being too
heavy To lift easy was left in the bottom
OF the shaft. The company is now
building much better and larger boiler
house, and will commence TO unwater the
mine ns soon as the boiler which was
damaged by the fire can be- repaired. IL
will take about ten days to again get the
water down TO where IL was before the
fire The old Calumet property near
Metropolitan, and operated by the Es-
CANADA Mining Co., is being thoroughly
explored, aud the outlook is very en-
couraging. An eleven foot vein of nice
clean blue ore has lieen struck, and the
vein is widening as the explorations are
carried on. Spring time will in all prob
ability see thatmine shipping ore Of ms
good quality as comes from the mines OF
the Mcnominec range
The Rahcr d James exploration ON
section thirteen, 1881, on the Micbi-
CANINE mountain, is reported as looking
well. The main shaft showdown thirty
two feet, eleven Of which arein ore. Three
other pits varying in depth from sixteen
TO twenty-seven feet have been put down
and two OF them are in ore. A rccentan-
..lysis Of samples OF the ore show $50
per cent. metallic iron and 029 phos-
phorus. The ore is hard and specular
IN character and the operators are con-
fident Of finding the body n large one.
The only thing against the property rs
its location, being 80 far from railroad,
but ~ course il u large mine is developed
shipping facilities will he forthcoming
soon enough.